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Weekly ration reports, Preston, from 5 January to 1 August 1816
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Report of People of Colour who drew rations in Preston from the
31st " of May to the 6 of June 1816 both days Included

Names Men Women Children

Jacob Allen 1 2

Nelus Allexander 1 1 1

Phillip Allexander 1 1

Ben Bowers 1 1 1

Luke Bowers 1

Friday Bush 1 2 2

James Bush 1 1 3

Robert Bush 1 1 2

George Brown 1 1 4

Henry Briker 1 1

Isaiah Buttler 1 1 3

Mofer Ball 1 1 2

Thomas Binkling 1

Abram Brown 1 1 1

[Eaw?] Bowels 1 1

Suther Blair 1 1 2

Spencer Boyd 1 1 6

Richard Bailey 1 1 1

William Brown 1

Whatt Brown 1 1 1

William Bundy 1 3

George [Balison?] 1

Henry Becket 2 1 5

James Burton 1

Sam Biddle 1

Thomas Parter 2 1 1

Basiel Crowd 1 1 3

John Collins 2 2 1

James Chooke 1 1 2

Lewis Connex 1 1 2

Jacob Claton 1

Natt Crawley 1 1 3

Bray Cooper 3 [1?] 1

Peter Craney 1

Leptimus Clarke 1 1 4

Solomon Crawley 1 1 3

Colonel Cooper 1

Daniel Claton 1 1 2

Joseph Cox 1 1 4

Henry Clarke 1 1

Nim Carter 1 1 3

Carried forward 46 36 63


Name Men Women Children

Brought forward 46 36 63

Robert Courser 1 1

[Sihry?] Claton 1 2

John Coats 1

Lewis Caste 1 1 1

Charles [Cphas?] 1 1 5

Peter Claton 1 1 1

Thomas Dine 1 1 3

James [Downin?] 1 1 2

Joseph Delane 1 1 3

[Heshak?] Delawar 1 1

Daniel Driger 1 1 2

Charles Dunmore 1 1 2

William Dear 1 1

Peter Duncan 1 1 3

Peter Duncan 2nd 1

John Elson 1 1

Peter Emmerson 1 1

Samuel Evens 1 2 1

William Friker 1

Robert Flood 1 1

Isaac Fletcher 2 1 3

Isaac Fletcher Jim 1

John Floyd 1

Adam Green 1 1 4

Jerry Gardner 1 1 5

Richard Grant 1 2 4

Daniel [Grofs?] 1 2 3

Solomon Gundy 1 1 3

George Gibson 1

John Gardner 1 1 3

Henry [Grofs?] 1 2 5

William Greeno 1 1 1

[Jofeph?] Glargo 1 1 1

Robert Glargo 1

John Grigory 1

[illegible & scratched out]

Allexander Grant 1 1

Aaron Grant 1

William Gilmore 1 1 1

John Grant 1

Carried over 85 69 123








Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 100

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